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With the vast changes in the rapidly expanding educational program of
today we have witnessed new areas and new services encompased in the curriculum
and within the school as school boards, administrators, teachers,
pupils, community leaders of allied social agencies have joined together to
educate the whole child. There is a common desire and endeavor to work
with the individual child according to his abilities, needs and interests so
as to develop a worthy member of society. The library plays an important
role in this program and the concept of it has changed and grown apace.
In discussing supervision in multi-library situations it should be emphasized
that the fundamental principles are the same regardless of the size of
the city. The organization in large cities is different simply in that the operation
is far more complex. In any administrative or supervisory position
it is essential to know the objectives of the institution and their relation to
a department or sub-division of this parent agency. It is then necessary to
formulate purposes and aims based on these objectives for the allied specialized
area. It is likewise important to be directed at all times by these
objectives and purposes. The admonition to a player of any ball game,
"Keep your eye on the ball, " can well be applied to this basic rule in supervision.
In establishing policies, in direct and indirect contacts with associates
and with the personnel within the department, these principles will
help maintain a true perspective and keep one from going afield.

Issue Date:

1954

Publisher:

Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Citation Info:

In H. Lancour (ed). 1954. The school library supervisor : a report of an institute on school library supervision held at the University of Illinois Library School, October 3-6, 1954. Urbana, Il: Graduate School of Library Science: 24-28.